Re: [MinGW-dvlpr] [Mingw-users] New Release of mingw-runtime

[Keith M. <kei...@to...>]

[Moving to MinGW-dvlpr; please do not reply to MinGW-users]

Michael Gerdau wrote, quoting Chris Sutcliffe:
>> I've released a new version of mingw-runtime which is available here:
>> 
>> 
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/mingw/mingw-runtime-3.11.tar.gz?download

>>
>> For a list of changes see the attached ChangeLog.
>
> Just tried this with Keith's x-compiler script and it seems as
> if Keith's recent updates to the link test in runtime are not
> incorporated in this release.

Hmm.  My most recent update, (I replaced the original broken upload of
mingw-runtime-3.10-20060909-1-src), *reverted* Corinna's patch, which is
currently in CVS, and substituted my own alternative workaround for the
original problem.  I don't think either of these provides a definitively
correct solution, so I didn't commit my alternative patch.

I am convinced that the entire autoconf set up for mingw-runtime requires
a complete overhaul; IMO, Corinna's patch remains broken.  It employs an
unusual distribution of labour between `configure' and `Makefile', and it
does not correctly utilise the standard `--build' and `--host' flags to
establish the configuration; instead it improperly, and unnecessarily IMO,
adds a `--with-cross-host' flag, without any explanation of its intended
purpose or usage.

As a Cygwin developer, I don't believe that Corinna subscribes to any of
the MinGW lists, except possibly MinGW-patches, which we have recently
discussed deprecating.  I have tried, on several occasions, to contact
her directly, to ask for clarification of her intended objectives, but
have yet to receive any reply.  I intend to rewrite the entire configure
and Makefile setup for mingw-runtime, to properly comply with established
autoconf convention; I would prefer to have her co-operation, to ensure
that what I do remains compatible with her objectives, in case I might
inadvertently break something in a Cygwin build.  However, I will not
allow the current breakage of the MinGW cross-compiler build to persist
indefinitely; if Corinna continues to ignore my emails, then I will be
obliged to `go it alone', but I really do not want to do that.

Regards,
Keith.